1 Corinthians 1:18

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Summary

1 Corinthians 1:18

For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

The preaching

1 Corinthians 1:23

1 Corinthians 2:2

Galatians 6:12

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Foolishness

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Bible References

The preaching

but we preach Christ having been crucified, to the Jews indeed a stumbling block, and to the Gentiles foolishness;

For I determine to know nothing among you, except Jesus Christ, and Him having been crucified.

So many as wish to make a fair show in the flesh, these compel you to be circumcised; only that they do not suffer persecution on account of the cross of Christ.

To

Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and vanish away: because I work a work in your days, a work which you may not believe, though one may proclaim it to you.

because we are a sweet savour of Christ unto God, among those who are saved, and among those who perish;

But if indeed our gospel is hidden, it is hidden with those who are lost:

and in all the deception of unrighteousness to those who perish; because they did not receive the divine love of the truth, that they might be saved.

Foolishness

For since in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, God was pleased through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe.

But the intellectual man receives not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness unto him; and he is not able to know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it has been written. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

And certain ones of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers interviewed him, and some continued to say, What would this babbler wish to say? and others said, He seems to be the propagator of strange divinities: because he was preaching the gospel of Jesus, and the resurrection.

Unto

but to you who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

by which you are also saved; which word I preached to you, if you hold it fast, otherwise you believed in vain.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty to God unto the pulling down of strongholds;

because our gospel came not unto you in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as you know what sort we were among you for your sakes.

For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and a quick discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.